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Black-rumped Buttonquail
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Black-rumped Buttonquail
Turnix nanus
The black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus) is a small species of bird in the buttonquail family.
From the article Black-rumped buttonquail on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This species has a brown back, rufous chest, and pale belly, brown irises and a black rump. As usual for buttonquails but not for most birds, the female is larger and brighter than the male. The birds are shy and difficult to flush.
Range & habitat
The species is found in open grassland through much of Africa outside the forested and more arid regions. It is resident in the central parts of the range but is a migratory breeder further north towards Lake Chad and the Central African Republic.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 980031.